mstigerlily

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1. Your personal delivery experience- what happened

   mstigerlily replied to DEB52's topic in Ob/Gyn

   First time I was 34 weeks pg and a young single mom, backache on and off all day. At 5pm my waterbag exploded at the tail end of my Dev Psych class. I sat there till the bell rang then hobbled to the...

2. Please help me with my new Customer-er...I mean Pt

   mstigerlily replied to KellNY's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I've had patients of all ages and personalites but I see women like you've described quite often, we have patients like this every day on our floor. My hospital induces and c-sections every day for...

3. Anyone Lost A Baby?

   mstigerlily replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

   I lost a son at 16 wks in 1998, had backache, water broke, dilated, he came out in the ER feetfirst. Saw him on ultrasound two days prior swimming around sucking his thumb. I had been spotting for a...

4. The logistics of nursing school and being a mom (or dad)

   mstigerlily replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Students

   I was lucky to have a husband who had a flexible schedule and a retired mom five minutes away who had plenty of time. Couldn't have done it without them. I start my kids at two full days of preschool...

5. If Money Were No Problem.........

   mstigerlily replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

   If money were no object I would have done a private college with a 4 yr BSN RN program. If money were an object (which it was) I would do a community college ADN RN program and get the BSN later. If I...

6. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

   mstigerlily replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   I really have a problem with this. In our hospital we are required to wear badges and I actually find myself looking at them a lot when standing in elevators or waiting in line, etc. wondering, "Oh...

7. Post Partum...

   mstigerlily replied to sissyboo's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Depends on the hospital and unit, management, policies and the nurse herself, but at my hospital the duties are as follows: Admit, assess, discharge up to four couplets at a time. Some of these may...

8. Things you wish you could say to your co-workers...

   mstigerlily replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   To the OP: Our hospital has an excellent new grad program, for 12 weeks we had class once a week from 8-5. We had a different system to study each week and while our quizzes weren't graded, we were...

9. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

   mstigerlily replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

   San Diego area, new grad RNs are starting at around $26-$30/hr. My specific hospital has a $4/hr NOC differential, at least one hospital I know of has a weekend diff of $2/hr. Also my hospital pays...

10. Please tell me it's worth the debt!

    mstigerlily replied to soragamii's topic in LPN to RN

    I wouldn't pay that much for an LVN program, here in Southern California there is an ROP program with not too much of a wait that is free. LVNs have limited job prospects compared to RNs so it...

11. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    mstigerlily replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    None of my kids have ever had a nurse there, they have something called a "health tech" whatever that is. Well, I guess they do have a visiting RN that visits schools in the districts to do hearing...

12. Any San Diego RNs out there??

    mstigerlily replied to scallisto's topic in California Nursing

    Me, I'm here too! I work for Scripps and I like all their hospitals, esp La Jolla, Encinitas (but they are union) and Mercy. Not sure about Chula Vista and Green. Palomar/Pomerado are ok but I was...

13. I can't get a job, i'm so sad.

    mstigerlily replied to Lmex's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Lots of jobs for LVNs in LTC but I assume you don't want that. Also clinics/doctors offices. I do know that Sharp hires LVNs, try there. Also the VA hires them, also Children's. Scripps and...

14. Did anyone hate nursing school?

    mstigerlily replied to FNPhopeful's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think everyone hated nursing school, or at least found it tedious and difficult. I used to get A's easily, I struggled to get B's there. I hated care plans, they got longer and longer every...

15. HESI is Wrong ! Let's File Suit

    mstigerlily replied to gasguy1960's topic in First Year After Licensure

    different schools have different requirements, you can find out about them before you started. i assume you knew you were supposed to take the hesi and pass before graduation so you've known about...